The President's News Conference
07/14/2011
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
We need a plan for education and energy, for infrastructure and innovation.
I will wake up every single day, fighting as hard as I can for you.
The bill would also reduce flood risk and increase the resiliency of communities to flooding.
There's one reason why Republicans are talking about this today -- it's because the President heightened awareness of it.